Teresa is sitting on the lounge next to Nate. She looks up as I enter the room. She smiles. "Good morning, Chloe,"

"Morning," I walk slowly to the kitchen and I see Jai standing behind the stove.

He has an apron on that reads 'kiss the chef.'

I got him that apron for Christmas. I never thought he'd actually wear it, but here he is standing in our kitchen cooking breakfast. I'm actually surprised that he didn't make the chef cook for us.

Jai turns towards me and a smile spreads across his face as he sees me sitting at the kitchen bench. He points to the apron. "What do you think?"

I crook my finger at him.

He moves towards me.

When he's standing in front of me and I yank him to me and cover my mouth with his in a hungry kiss. He responds immediately and wraps his arms around me. He deepens the kiss, making me moan lowly.

I run my hands through his hands before I stop behind his neck. I start to smell something burning and I pull away from the kiss. "Jai, the slices of bacon are burning."

Jai runs over to the pan. "Shit,"

I laugh.

He lifts the pan up and shows me. "Look," the rest of the sentence is cut off as the 'beeping' of the smoke alarm goes off.

Nate and Teresa run into the kitchen. They look at us. "What's going on?" They ask.

Jai picks up a dish towel and he walks over to the alarm and he waves it in front of the alarm.

I laugh again before I say. "Casanova got distracted and he burnt the bacon."

Nate looks at him. "How can you..." He cuts himself off. "Damn it," he takes Teresa's hand. "We're going out for breakfast." The smoke alarm stops beeping and I can hear my brother better now. He continues with what he was saying over the alarm. He points at Jai and me. "I don't think I can eat here for the duration of my stay."

I look at them. "That's too bad, bro. I was going to make your favourite meal, but since you don't want to eat here I'll just cook something else."

He runs over to me like a little kid. "Please, Chloe. Make me your famous chicken legs meal. Nobody can make it the way you do and I miss it."

A smile spreads across her face. "You're like a little kid at Christmas time." She walks towards him and places her hand on his shoulder. "Are we eating in or eating out?"

Nate rises. "We're going to eat here. If I don't I'm sure Chloe won't be making my favourite meal for dinner tonight."

I would make it for him no matter what, but I'm not going to tell him that.

Teresa walks over to the stove. "Get out of the kitchen. I will cook some bacon, eggs and whatever else you'd like."

"Waffles?"

She smiles. "Sure," Teresa gets everything out that she needs to cook the waffles and she starts making them.

For some reason, I am craving them today. I know I won't be satisfied until I have them.

I open the app on my phone and I see how many weeks pregnant I am. I quickly read the information that it tells me and the things that are happening to my baby as it grows in me.

Jai looks over my shoulder. "What are you doing?"

"I'm looking at what's happening with our baby as it grows inside me. You know this app is very informative when it comes to pregnancy."

Jai and I talk about the pregnancy until the food is placed in front of us. I pour chocolate topping on the waffles and start to eat it.

"Hmmm," I moan. "This is great Teresa. You know how to cook great waffles. I think you need to stay here until after my pregnancy is over and cook me waffles all the time."

She laughs. "I wish I could. I will, however, leave you the recipe and instructions of how to make it. You can get one of Jai's chefs to make it for you or you can learn to make it yourself."

Nate cuts into his waffle. "What are we doing for the rest of the day?"

"I don't know. Why?"

Nate looks at Teresa. "I was thinking about going to a nightclub to celebrate the New Year."

Jai looks at me. "Do you want to go?"

I shake my head. "No, I was thinking of having a few people over here and we celebrate it together."

"Oh," Nate says.

"You can go if you want, Nate. It's New Years and you can do whatever you want with your girlfriend." I pull my phone out of my pocket. "Excuse me. I need to make a phone call." I exit the room and call Leila.

Well, she's going to get a shock when she sees him tonight at my place.

***

At 11:55 pm, Ace walks into the house. He walks directly over to Leila and he looks into her blue eyes. "Leila, I shouldn't have left you the way I did. There were a few things that I needed to take care of. If I didn't do it, then things would have been for us. You could have been killed and I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Leila, you mean the world to me and I did what I had to, to keep our unborn child and you safe. When we go home I will tell you everything you need to know."

She wraps her arms around him. "Promise me that you will tell me the entire truth and nothing that's fabricated. I want to know everything even if it hurts me."

"Okay," he pulls a box out of his pocket. "I have a question to ask you, but I'm going to wait until the stroke of twelve to ask you."

On the TV the time begins to tick down until New Years. Nate, Teresa, Jai, Ace, Leila and j begins to count down from ten.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two..."

Ace goes down on one knee and he opens the box. "I have loved you from the first moment I laid eyes on you. I couldn't believe my luck when I saw you in the CEO position instead of your father. He made the right choice in letting you take over the company. You made my life meaningful. I know I have been an arse for a couple of weeks, but I hope you will forgive me and say yes to the question I'm about to ask. Leila King, will you marry me?"

"Yes," she hugs him. "I love you." She kisses him with so much passion.

I whisper. "Happy New Years," I kiss Jai.

***